Motorola MPx200 User Manual - Page 37

Entering Text in Multipress Mode, Entering Text in T9 Mode

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Learning to Use Your Phone Entering Text in Multipress Mode You can enter a letter in multipress mode by pressing the number key on which the letter appears. To enter the first letter on the number key, press the key once. To enter the second letter, press the key twice, and so on. The last letter entered remains underlined until you complete the keypresses and move to the next letter. For example: • To enter the letter "s," press 7777. • To enter the word "hat," press 44, 2, 8. When you enter letters that are on the same number key, wait until the underline disappears before entering the next letter so that your phone can process the first letter. This pause is called the Multipress time out, and you can adjust the length of the pause between keypresses. For example: • To enter the word "cat," press 222, pause, press 2, and then press 8. To change the Multipress time out 1 On the Home screen, press Programs (a), select Settings, and then select Accessibility. 2 Under Multipress time out, select the time interval you want for the pause between keypresses, and press Done (a). To enter punctuation in Multipress mode • Press 1 repetitively to scroll through common punctuation: . , - ? ! @:1 Entering Text in T9 Mode When you are in T9 mode, just press the number keys that contain the letters you want to form a word. T9 will then analyze your keypresses and attempt to complete the word. For example: 35

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Learning to Use Your Phone
Entering Text in Multipress Mode
You can enter a letter in multipress mode by pressing the number key
on which the letter appears. To enter the first letter on the number key,
press the key once. To enter the second letter, press the key twice,
and so on. The last letter entered remains underlined until you
complete the keypresses and move to the next letter.
For example:
• To enter the letter “s,” press
7777
.
• To enter the word “hat,” press
44
,
2
,
8
.
When you enter letters that are on the same number key, wait until the
underline disappears before entering the next letter so that your
phone can process the first letter. This pause is called the Multipress
time out, and you can adjust the length of the pause between
keypresses.
For example:
• To enter the word “cat,” press
222
, pause, press
2
, and
then press
8
.
To change the Multipress time out
1
On the
Home screen, press
Programs
(
a
), select
Settings
, and then
select
Accessibility
.
2
Under
Multipress
time out, select the time interval you want for the
pause between keypresses, and press
Done
(
a
).
To enter punctuation in Multipress mode
• Press
1
repetitively to scroll through common punctuation: . , - ? !
@:1
Entering Text in T9 Mode
When you are in T9 mode, just press the number keys that contain the
letters you want to form a word. T9 will then analyze your keypresses
and attempt to complete the word.
For example: